De Wolden () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the northeastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

in the province of

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of De Wolden, June 2015''

Notable people

* Jan Evertsen Cloppenburgh (1571 in Ruinen – 1648) a Dutch publisher during the

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

* Steven van Voorhees (1600 in Hees – 1684) an early Dutch settler in America * Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen (1624 in Ruinen - 1679) a Dutch officer and fortification engineer *

Hendrikje Doelen Hendrikje Geerts Meilofs Doelen (June 1, 1784–December 10, 1847) was a Dutch serial killer. Poisonings On May 7, 1819, the farmwife Hendrikje Doelen married the almost six years older Aaldert Mulder in the Drenthe town of De Wijk. Both were ...

(1784 in Oosterwijk – 1847) a Dutch serial killer *

Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk II Jan Arend Godert, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk (De Wijk, 25 September 1818 – Brummen, 17 October 1905) was a Dutch politician.senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

1874/1880 *

Jan Hendrik de Boer Jan Hendrik de Boer (19 March 1899 – 25 April 1971) was a Dutch physicist and chemist. De Boer was born in Ruinen, De Wolden, and died in The Hague. He studied at the University of Groningen and was later employed in industry. Together with ...

(1899 in Ruinen – 1971) a Dutch physicist and chemist *

Jan Vayne Jan Vayne (pseudonym of Jan Veenje) (June 9, 1966 in Zuidwolde, Drenthe) is a Dutch pianist. He began piano lessons at the age of 4 years and by the time he was 10, he had won his first prize. In 1984 Vayne began his study at the conservatorium i ...

(1966 in Zuidwolde) a Dutch pianist *

Korie Homan Korie Homan (born 16 June 1986 in de Wijk) is a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player. Homan won the gold medal in women's doubles at the 2008 Paralympics. In 2009, she completed the doubles Grand Slam by winning the Australian, French, Wimbledo ...

(born 1986 in de Wijk) a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player and gold medallist at the

2008 Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

Gallery

File:Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold.JPG, Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold File:This house is a very, very, very fine house (6002092873).jpg, De Wildenberg at sunset, Zuidwolde File:De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter.jpg, De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter File:Huis te Echten.jpg, Huis te Echten

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities of Drenthe Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998 {{Drenthe-geo-stub